Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jason Arnberger	run out (Hogg/Angel)	36	99	131	1	0	36.36
Peter Harper	c Stewart b Julian	1	13	13	0	0	7.69
Laurie Harper	c †Campbell b Cary	118	216	257	9	0	54.62
Brad Hodge	c Katich b Julian	0	5	8	0	0	0.00
Dean Jones	b Angel	116	236	295	14	0	49.15
Shawn Craig	not out	71	184	227	5	1	38.58
Darren Berry (c)†	b Baker	7	22	27	0	0	31.81
Brad Williams	run out (Katich/†Campbell)	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
John Davison	b Stewart	19	24	21	1	0	79.16
Damien Fleming	c Katich b Stewart	7	9	7	0	0	77.77
Extras	(b 5, lb 1, nb 10)	16
Total	134.2 Ov (RR: 2.91, 499 Mins)	391/9d
Did not bat: Mathew Inness
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Peter Harper), 2-69 (Jason Arnberger), 3-72 (Brad Hodge), 4-211 (Laurie Harper), 5-314 (Dean Jones), 6-346 (Darren Berry), 7-346 (Brad Williams), 8-381 (John Davison), 9-391 (Damien Fleming)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Jo Angel	28	8	72	1	2.57	-	-	-	0
Brendon Julian	28	7	55	2	1.96	-	-	-	2
Sean Cary	28	9	70	1	2.50	-	-	-	2
Jamie Stewart	29.2	8	86	2	2.93	-	-	-	0
Brad Hogg	11	1	44	0	4.00	-	-	-	1
Damien Martyn	4	0	26	0	6.50	-	-	-	0
Rob Baker	6	0	32	1	5.33	-	-	-	0

Western Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Hussey	b Inness	6	32	36	1	0	18.75
Ryan Campbell †	c †Berry b Fleming	0	4	5	0	0	0.00
Justin Langer	c †Berry b Fleming	21	33	50	2	0	63.63
Damien Martyn	c Fleming b Williams	20	14	26	4	0	142.85
Simon Katich	lbw b Craig	90	273	340	10	0	32.96
Rob Baker	lbw b Fleming	33	64	74	4	0	51.56
Brad Hogg	c Craig b Davison	11	44	53	0	0	25.00
Brendon Julian (c)	not out	121	194	225	15	1	62.37
Jamie Stewart	not out	8	15	20	1	0	53.33
Extras	(b 6, lb 4, nb 5, w 2)	17
Total	111.5 Ov (RR: 2.92, 458 Mins)	327/7d
Did not bat: Jo Angel, Sean Cary
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Ryan Campbell), 2-22 (Michael Hussey), 3-48 (Justin Langer), 4-50 (Damien Martyn), 5-107 (Rob Baker), 6-138 (Brad Hogg), 7-292 (Simon Katich)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mathew Inness	18	3	61	1	3.38	-	-	-	1	1
Damien Fleming	34	15	47	3	1.38	-	-	-	0	1
Brad Williams	16	4	52	1	3.25	-	-	-	0	0
John Davison	34	11	111	1	3.26	-	-	-	0	0
Shawn Craig	5.5	1	32	1	5.48	-	-	-	0	0
Brad Hodge	4	0	14	0	3.50	-	-	-	0	0

Victoria 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Peter Harper	lbw b Angel	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Jason Arnberger	run out (Baker/†Campbell)	15	71	87	1	0	21.12
Laurie Harper	c †Campbell b Julian	34	64	63	3	0	53.12
Brad Hodge	lbw b Julian	57	120	140	8	0	47.50
Dean Jones	c †Campbell b Julian	70	102	127	9	1	68.62
Shawn Craig	not out	29	30	67	5	0	96.66
Darren Berry (c)†	c †Campbell b Angel	20	39	39	2	0	51.28
John Davison	b Stewart	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Brad Williams	c Baker b Stewart	3	8	8	0	0	37.50
Damien Fleming	b Angel	2	6	6	0	0	33.33
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, nb 10)	17
Total	73 Ov (RR: 3.38, 274 Mins)	247/9d
Did not bat: Mathew Inness
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Peter Harper), 2-46 (Laurie Harper), 3-57 (Jason Arnberger), 4-190 (Brad Hodge), 5-193 (Dean Jones), 6-225 (Darren Berry), 7-229 (John Davison), 8-237 (Brad Williams), 9-247 (Damien Fleming)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Jo Angel	17	2	45	3	2.64	-	-	-	0
Sean Cary	13	5	28	0	2.15	-	-	-	1
Damien Martyn	6	2	13	0	2.16	-	-	-	0
Justin Langer	1	0	3	0	3.00	-	-	-	0
Brendon Julian	12	3	46	3	3.83	-	-	-	4
Brad Hogg	10	2	49	0	4.90	-	-	-	0
Jamie Stewart	13	1	56	2	4.30	-	-	-	0
Rob Baker	1	1	0	0	0.00	-	-	-	0

Western Australia 2nd Innings (T: 312 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ryan Campbell †	c Williams b Fleming	1	4	4	0	0	25.00
Michael Hussey	run out (PQ Harper/Craig)	40	85	102	3	0	47.05
Justin Langer	c Hodge b Davison	48	114	141	3	0	42.10
Damien Martyn	c LD Harper b Davison	23	49	47	2	0	46.93
Simon Katich	b Davison	5	25	24	0	0	20.00
Rob Baker	c LD Harper b Craig	30	34	54	2	1	88.23
Brad Hogg	st †Berry b Davison	37	50	75	4	1	74.00
Brendon Julian (c)	b Inness	38	22	29	7	1	172.72
Jamie Stewart	lbw b Fleming	0	7	7	0	0	0.00
Jo Angel	c Inness b Davison	0	4	7	0	0	0.00
Sean Cary	not out	1	1	3	0	0	100.00
Extras	(b 3, lb 2, w 1)	6
Total	65.5 Ov (RR: 3.47, 251 Mins)	229
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Ryan Campbell), 2-77 (Michael Hussey), 3-118 (Justin Langer), 4-118 (Damien Martyn), 5-125 (Simon Katich), 6-174 (Rob Baker), 7-225 (Brendon Julian), 8-228 (Jamie Stewart), 9-228 (Brad Hogg), 10-229 (Jo Angel)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Damien Fleming	15	2	49	2	3.26	-	-	-	1
Mathew Inness	8	5	9	1	1.12	-	-	-	0
John Davison	24.5	8	84	5	3.38	-	-	-	0
Brad Williams	7	0	20	0	2.85	-	-	-	0
Shawn Craig	9	1	54	1	6.00	-	-	-	0
Brad Hodge	2	0	8	0	4.00	-	-	-	0

Close of Play

Tue, 03 Feb - day 1 - Victoria 1st innings 284/4 (Dean Jones 100*, Shawn Craig 17*, 100 ov)

Wed, 04 Feb - day 2 - West Aust 1st innings 174/6 (Simon Katich 52*, Brendon Julian 23*)

Thu, 05 Feb - day 3 - Victoria 2nd innings 157/3 (Brad Hodge 32*, Dean Jones 63*)

Fri, 06 Feb - day 4 - West Aust 2nd innings 229 (65.5 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Twelfth Men: SL Flegler (Vic) and MP Atkinson (WA)
Victoria 1st innings
JM Davison's Highest First-class score
At 63, DM Jones passed 10,000 First-class runs for Victoria.
The 4th wicket partnership of 139 between LD Harper and DM Jones is a new record for Victoria v Western Australia at the MCG.
LD Harper *** 50 in 162 mins, 143 balls *** 100 in 227 mins, 189 balls
DM Jones *** 50 in 125 mins, 94 balls *** 100 in 236 mins, 184 balls
SAJ Craig *** 50 in 187 mins, 150 balls
Western Australia 1st innings
BP Julian's Highest First-class score
DW Fleming 50 wickets v Western Australia (Campbell)
The 7th wicket partnership of 154 between SM Katich and BP Julian is a new recored for Western Australia v Victoria.
Western Australia 2nd innings
JM Davison's Best Bowling, 1st 5 wicket innings. Davison now has 9 wickets in 5 matches, all 9 against Western Australia (2 matches)
BP Julian scored 22 runs from SAJ Craig's 9th over (464440)
RM Baker scored a five when he edged a ball from Davison past the wicket-keeper and it hit a helmet lying on the ground.

Match Details

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Victoria, elected to bat first
Series	Sheffield Shield
Season	1997/98
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Geoff Morrow Simon Taufel
Points	Victoria 6, Western Australia 0

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West Aust Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Fleming	15	2	49	2	3.26
MWH Inness	8	5	9	1	1.12
JM Davison	24.5	8	84	5	3.38
BA Williams	7	0	20	0	2.85
SAJ Craig	9	1	54	1	6
BJ Hodge	2	0	8	0	4

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Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
WA	10	6	3	1	40	1.324
TAS	10	6	3	1	40	1.271
QLD	10	3	4	3	22	1.043
NSW	10	3	3	4	20	0.987
VIC	10	2	4	4	18	0.887
SOA	10	1	4	5	14	0.649